Hair-waving clip



v .33 BY ,WTNESS: I I a m 5 ATTORNEYS.

y 1943- M. HABERMAN 2,325,315

HAIR WAVING CLIP Filed July 2, 1942 mqx f/ABf/PMAM INVENTOR.

Patented July 27, 1943 U wa Max Haberman, j 'tj n v p nmt July .2, 1942, Serial-N Mgfigfi a 6 Claims. 31. 1324 I This invention relates to improvements in -haijr clips and more specifically to a clip for holding a coiled tress of hairduring the setting period required in the forming of ringle't or sculpture curls in womens hair.

It is the general practice in the art ofcforming ringlet orsculpture curls for the operator to.vin

dividually insert .at least three hair pinsinto the spirally wound tress of hair to hold the wound tress during the setting period vfor producing a wave therein. The insertion of three or more hair pins in 'a single tressis ated-ious and time consuming operation. pose of this inventionto. provide a single clip which may be applied to the spirally wound trees of; hair in lieu of the use of hair pins,

Anotherfeature of the inventioniis the .provision of a hair clip which embraces all of the convolutions of the coiled tress to preventloosening and accidental unwinding of .the coiled tress or hair. r I

' A further feature of the invention resides in a curl clip which he quickly inserted into position, and removed without disturbing the curled tress of hair, and whichis.inducive of quick drying of the hairl. 1

A still further feature of the invention is t provide a hair waving clip which is simple and inexpensive of construction, strong anddurable for? long life, and quick and easy to manipulate.

Other featuresof the invention will become apparentas the following specification is read-in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which: i

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the hair waving '3';

It is therefore the pur- .clip in position upon a spirally wound tress of Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the clip per se. s

Figure 3 is a side elevational view,

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view. I

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse sec tiona'l View on the line 5-5 of Figure 2, the spring clamping jaw being illustrated in open position in dotted lines. V

Figure B; is a vertical sectional view of fled form of clip.

Figure '7 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line ?'i of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of a hair coiling device for use in connection with the hair waving clip.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, and at present to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive the numeral I8 designates the hair waving clip in its a modi' ,entiret helclip Hl includes a iorlr-shaped base ilx comp ising spaced horizontally. :alined legs |2-,l2 and upwardly turned angularly'. disposed attaching portions .i 3:l-3 ,rrhe base l l is preferably constructed from a spilt: and; bent wire hair pin, in which the legs {Ha-l2 are provided with confronting humps and vall-eysto facilitate the insertion of the base beneath. the wave to be formed and adjacent tothe scalp oi the person whose hair isbeing waved. The portions We};

are connected to the lower-end of a thumbpressw ingmernloer 14 formed.- from a flatpiece of bend? able metal. 7 The'material from which the meme her...i'(t is constructed has. itslower portion Ioldv afele uponitself to provideattaching eyes l5--:l5'

which respectively receive tightly grip the respective attaching, portions "l 3l3. The upperv portion of the material ironrwhich member lkl S'IfOllllEd is folclalole flat upon itself as at'lfi to, reinforce the same while an intermediatz-a. pore tion of theioldedmaterial-is hentputwardly at right angle to iormopposedears J1.-l 1 in which the endsof apivot pin 48; are mounted lay-the forming of heads thereon-.

Pivotallymounted, upon the pivot clamping iaw 29, the annular wall of which is concavoeconvex incross section and which wall is provided with closely spaced openingsll'for ventilating purposesand for lightening the weight of the clip as. a whole; Integral. with theouter rear edge of the iawill 'are spaced 'alinedeyes force'df-ront side otthe thumb-member M. The

spring it acts to. normally urge the jaw m to close position against the'leg s 52-42 as -in full lines in Figures 2 to Sinclusive, but which iaw'may be swung to open position as shown in dotteclllin sfin Elgar-e5. by the thlllrlb and foree 4 finger of the hand of an operator pressing simul:

v taneously upon the thumb member M and the finger piece 23. e i

i In use, the tress of hair A such as is shown in Figure 1 is coiled inwardly toward'the scalp by the fingers'of the operator, such coiling being the practice in preparing the tress of hair for producing what is known by hair dressers as a em -sis. clamp member is which includes ,a ring-like tress A so that all of the convolutions thereof.

lie within the clamping surface of the jaw 20 when the manipulating members l4 and 23 are released. lhe spring, closes the jaw 20 and the entire outer circumferential edge thereof presses upon the convolutions of the coiled tress of hair A and'prevents loosening and accidental unwinding of the same. Water and lotions are generally used in the forming of ringlet and sculpture curls, and quick dryingofany moisture within the hair gripped by the clip isjeffected by the air ventilating openings 2|. After the coiled tress of hair has set, the operator removesthe clip I0, by gripping and pressing upon the manipulating members I4 and 23, whereupon'the clip may be freely slid from the hair without disturbing the same; 3

In'Ffigures 6 and '7 of the-drawing, I have shown a modified formoftheinvention in which clamping'distan'c'e between the jaw and the hair pin base Il maybe adjusted to accommodate vary ing-thick'nessesof coiled hair. In this formthe attaching portions l3 of the base i l a are made longer and are connected at their upper ends by bridge-portion 21. In addition to the eyes 15, the thu'mb pressing member 14 is provided with -additional eyes .l5"|5'- which align with the eye's, l5-l5 toslidably receive the legs l3-l3.

Thebridge' piece 21 limits the downward sliding movement o1 the fork base ll relative to the clamping jaw 20. These adjustable parts are releasably held in adjusted position by the' frictionalcontact of th'e legs 26-26 of the spring 'with the confronting faces of the thumb piece l4 and the finger piece 23. By reason of this adjustment, the-clamping jaw 20 may be made to assume a parallel position relative to the base H to efii ciently'elamp the convolutions of the wound tresses of hair of different thicknesses.

In Figure '8 I' have illustrated a hair coilingdevice 30 whichmay be used in association with the clip In in windingfa tress of hair A into 'coiled form. The coiling device 30 comprises a 'jaw willflaut'omatically rise against the tension of the spring 25. The coiled hair is held clamped during the winding operation, and when the entire length of the tress of hair has been wound, the device 30 is withdrawn and the coiled tress is clampingly held by the jaw 20 and base II.

"(While I have'shown and described what I consider tobe the most practical construction such changesas come'within the scope 'of the appended claims may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A hair curling clip comprising a fork-like base, a thumb pressing member connected to said base and extending upwardlyj therefrom, a

clamping jaw pivoted to said member and overlying said base, spring means acting upon. said jaw to'swing the same to closed-position toward said base, and a manipulating element fixed to by the thumb and forefinger of the hand of an operator and the element forcibly pressed to swing the jaw to open position to facilitate the slidingwof-the fork-likebase beneath a coiled tress of hair to be waved and whereby subsequent release of the member and element permits the spring means to swing the jaw memberjto closed position; in clamping engagement with the convolutions of the coiled tress of hair.

' 2. A hair curling clip asset forth in claim 1, in which the clamping jaw comprises a ring which is concavo-convex in 'cross section.

31A hair ciu-ling clip as set forth in claim 1, in which the clamping jaw comprises a ring having, an annular channel in, the underside thereof, the walls of the channel having an annular series of spaced openings therein.

' 4. A hair curling clip comprising a hair pin base,'a thumb pressing'member connected to said of my invention, I wish it to be understood that 'base andextending upwardly therefrom, a pair of spaced: opposed ears carried by said member and extending; outwardly therefrom over said basegapivot pin'mounted in said ears, a ringlike jaw-pivotally mounted on said pivot pin, a manipulatingelement connected to said jaw and extending upwardly at an angle therefrom, and a spring having a, coiled body encircling' said pivot pin and" also being provided with terminal legs respectively engaging the confronting sides ofthe thumb pressing member and manipulatm element to normally urge the jaw tojclosed position in the direction of said base.

5. A hair waving clip as set forth in claim 4,

in which th e' thumb pressing member is slidably connected-to thebase to facilitate adjustment of thejaw' relative to the base, said jaw being held in an adjusted position bythe frictional engagement of the terminal legs of the spring with the confronting sides of the thumb pressing member and the manipulating element.

6. Ahair curler clip for gripping and s'ecuring' the convolutions of a flatly wound tress of hair comprising a hair pin jaw'member, a manipulating element connected to and extending upwardly at an angle from said hairpin jaw member, a ring-shaped jaw member pivotally connectedto said manipulating element forcooperative clamping action with said hair pin jaw member, a manipulating element extending upwardly from said ring-shaped jaw member, and

spring means acting. upon the jaw members to move the sametoward each other to closing position. I l

' MAX HABERMAN. 

